Sep 17 2008
Big Brother 10–Season Ended–What Was The Result?
So, Big Brother 10 has ended finally (Tuesday, Sept. 16th, ‘08)! I’ve been watching the last couple of shows with more interest than I went through most of this season, merely because the battle was pretty close in the end, and I was really curious to see who would pull of winning the half a million $.
At the pinicle of everything this season–or at least towards the end–was Dan, the Catholic school teacher. A week ago, he won a luxury competition, and picked Michelle to take on the trip. He was an amazingly smooth player, though often over-the-top. The choice he made to take Michelle was sort of a love/hate thing for me; loved that he was so strategic, but hated him for lieing to her about everything, and backdooring her.
His constant manipulation of his “Catholic-ness” annoyed me, but everyone gets their just rewards eventually…
It was funny to see, a week ago, on the Tuesday (Sept.9th) show, when Dan was throwing the Veto competition, how flabbergasted Jerry was at what was all going on between Dan and Memphis!
Then on Thursday (Sept.11th), the HoH competition between the three guys was quite a tough one, though at first it looked easy
. I enjoy watching the competitions on Big Brother–there is such a varied spectrum of things the players must do/know! I really like the ones where they have to know their housemates, or remember things from as far back as the first week (such as the veto towards the end, where they had to remember who was HoH each week, and who was up on the block, in order!). You can bet if I was ever in the B.B. house, I’d be keeping a journal of everything that went on each day!Dan won the final HoH, thereby getting to evict Jerry in one fell swoop. It was funny to see clips of those in the jury house at that time–Ollie, April, Renny, Michelle, Keesha, Jesse–suddenly start to turn their mindsets from anti-Dan, to thinking his sneakiness was an asset, and that he was a hell-of-a-player! Everyone disliked him, it seemed, but then, as Memphis had gone through the whole game kind of under-radar, and not winning much of anything–the jury saw him as a weaker, less deserving player…
Sunday’s (Sept. 14th) show was all about re-capping, and showing stuff that went on in the house that wasn’t to that point shown on the normal CBS show.
The Renny impersonations were fun to watch–she really is impressive! And Dan trying to teach Renny and Ollie to swim, in his “Swim Club” , was really silly. And you can’t beat Jerry’s rapping!!It was a cute show, and fun to watch.
Finally, tonight (September 16th), the final show! It came down to Memphis and Dan (of course), and listening to the jury talk about the two, you kind of could tell who was going to come out on top, I mean, how could he not?! Dan nailed it, winning not just the 4-needed votes, but all 7 of them!
I think Memphis really thought he played it “straight,” through most of the show, but I don’t think the jurors saw it that way, or that he really did. Perhaps he just deluded himself. Either way, though, walking away with $50,000 isn’t that bad! That’s more money than most people make a year in this Country, I’m sure, and much more than the majority will ever see in one shot! So he shouldn’t feel too bad. Obviously, it’s not half a million $, but still..
Watching the jurors ask the two nominees questions, and debate the answers/outcome of the show, I realized yet again how annoying I thought April was. Goodness gracious! I mean, what kind of girl runs around first day, making sure everyone knows her boobs are real, and then proceeds to let everyone grab them? I was most disgusted that she was offering them to Jerry, and encouraging him to grab them
. And of course that he did doesn’t say much for his character…When the jurors finally made their way to the live set area, I was impressed that Julie Chen actually had on a nifty-looking dress, as I think (which I’ve stated before) that she usually has terrible clothes. As added notes: April’s dress was ugly, and Renny’s curtsy before she went to her jury seat was cute.
In the end, there was also a “favorite juror”, prize of $25,000. I was glad that my votes had been the same as the majority of America; Jerry came in second place, but Keesha won it. When I’d voted (via text message), that’s how I did, fancy that
All around, besides some elements–Dan, Renny, some fights, some backdooring, the earthquake, Ollie’s fear of birds, etc.–season 10 of Big Brother wasn’t all that entertaining, though I did really enjoy watching Dan win in the end (at least up against Memphis). I’m not sure he was my favorite, though…
I do look forward to next season, and now just have to find another way to fill in that hour every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday night!
